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- [Voiceover] A question that

I get often times, especially



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from old freehand users, is

how do you scale, rotate,



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and duplicate in one operation?



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For example, using the scale

tool, you can scale and



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duplicate, and then repeat that process,



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using the rotate tool, you

can rotate and duplicate



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and then repeat that process,

but how do you do both?



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The answer is you apply

a transform effect.



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So we're gonna be scaling,

rotating, and duplicating



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these base petals in order to

create this effect right here.



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Alright, so first thing we

want to do, of course, is



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click in the shape in order to select it,



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and then I'm gonna back

out just a little bit,



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and I'm gonna go up to the

window menu and choose the



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appearance command so I can

gain access to my fill and



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stroke attributes, as well

as my dynamic effects.



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Now I want to create various

colors of flower petals here.



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And so I'm going to apply

my transform effect directly



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to the fill.



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So that means I need to

select a fill, here inside the



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appearance panel, and then

I'll go up to the effect menu



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and choose the second occurrence

of transform, the one that



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reads, "dot dot dot."



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And that'll bring up a

transform effect dialogue box,



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complete with my last applied settings.



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And I'm gonna change both

the horizontal and vertical



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scale values to 117%, and then

I'll turn around the preview



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check box so I can see what's up.



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Notice I still have my angle

values set to 22.5 degrees.



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That's not a problem, just

leave it that way for now.



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But also notice, if I

increase the number of copies,



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I'm getting a kind of alternating

petal effect, which is



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what I want, but then the

outermost petal doesn't look



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right at all.



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And so I'm gonna click "OK"

in order to accept what I've



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done so far, but I want to

show you what the problem is



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after I go ahead and enhance

the gradient so we can better



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see what we're doing.



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So I'll go ahead and switch

to the gradient panel right



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there, and I'll click on

that first color stop,



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the one that has a location

value currently of 0%,



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and I'll raise that location value to 75%.



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And that way we've got a lot

more contrast right next to



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the intersection of the petals.



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Alright, now I'll switch

back to the stroke panel



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to give myself a little more room to work.



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And here's the problem.



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Notice how pucker and bloat

is applied to the path,



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but it was applied first so

it's at the top of the list.



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This transform function right

there, that's the one that we



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applied in the previous movie,

which is why it's at the



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bottom of the list, because

it was applied last, but for



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some reason the stroke and fill

attributes come in between.



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What we need to do is grab

that transform right there,



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the last one, which is the

one we applied in the previous



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movie, and we need to put it

at the top of the stack so that



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it's applied before the

transformation we're in the process



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of applying now.



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And so notice, as soon as

you do that, that completely



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changes the effect, as

we're seeing right here.



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Alright now I'll go ahead and

click on the transform effect



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that's assigned to the fill

in order to modify those



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settings, and what we wanna

do is turn on the preview



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checkbox, and in order to

alternate things properly,



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we wanna take that angle

value and divide it by 2.



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So click after and enter 'slash

2' and press the Tab key,



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and you'll get a value of

11.25 degrees, which is exactly



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what we want.



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But I really want you to

understand what's going on here,



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so I'm gonna start with the

angle value set to zero degrees,



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and I'll press the Tab key so

we go back to non alternating



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petals, and then I'll click

inside that value and I'll press



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the up arrow key, and notice

how I'm moving things around



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sequentially into a kind of

nautilus pattern, which is



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really interesting.



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And then, at about 11 degrees,

things seem to alternate



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correctly.



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The thing is, that's not

exactly the right value.



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The exact right value is either

the 22 1/2 divided by two,



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or you can think of it as being

360 instead of divided by 16



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it would be divided by

32 this time around.



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And again, if I press the Tab

key, I will now see an angle



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value of 11.25 degrees,

which is exactly what I want.



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Alright now click the

"OK" button and I'll press



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Control + 0, or Command + 0

on a Mac, to zoom out so that



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I can see my entire art board.



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And just so I can better see

what I'm doing in general,



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I'll go ahead and switch

back to the layers panel



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and turn off the guides layer.



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I also wanna get rid of

my smart guides for now.



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So I'll go out to the view

menu and choose smart guides



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to turn them off, and now

I'll switch back to the



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appearance panel and, once

again, click on that most recent



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transform effect, the one that's

assigned only to the fill,



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and you can tell that's the

case because it's inset,



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compared to this one up here.



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And now I'll turn on a preview checkbox.



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I'll click inside the copies

value and I'll just press the



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up arrow key until I absolutely

completely fill the art



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board, which happens at 24

copies, at which point I'll click



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"OK" in order to accept

that effect, and I'll press



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Control + Shift + a, or

Command + Shift + a on a Mac,



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in order to deselect my artwork.



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And that's how you repeat a

series of petals, or really



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any kinds of objects, by scaling,

rotating, and duplicating



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in a single operation using

the transform effect here



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inside Illustrator.